Cop Pushing Perp from Behind in Crosswalk, Perp Taking “Pigs” Ax to Cop, Mass Hysteria!

Things are tough all over when a guy in La Habra rushes at cops while holding an ax with “pigs” written on the handle on the Fourth of July, or when a cop in Fullerton comes up on a fellow in a crosswalk, pushes him from behind and then files a phony police report claiming …

Dr. Parminder Singh Dhaliwal Faces Medical Board Accusation in Patient’s Death

A 73-year-old man who died of liver cancer in 2012 is identified by the Medical Board of California as “G.N.” Those are also the initials for “gross neglience,” which is what the board accuses a Newport Beach gastroenterologist of committing when it came to G.N.’s care. The board on Jan. 26 filed an accusation against the …

LA Police Commission Finds Kevin Ferguson’s Use of Force Out of Policy

The Los Angeles Police Board of Police Commissioners held a closed session discussion today on Kevin Ferguson’s actions when he fired a single shot into the ground in an after-school scuffle with Anaheim teens last year. The off-duty Los Angeles Police Department cop detained 13-year-old Christian Dorscht, kicked him in the groin and put him …

Clarification: Dr. Leigh E. Connealy Reprimanded by State

    CLARIFICATION, JAN. 29, 6 A.M.:  The original post below has been clarified to reflect Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy’s public reprimand from the Medical Board of California over record keeping. In the Stipulated Settlement and Disciplinary Order, under the heading “Culpability,” it states: “Respondent [Connealy] understands that the charges and allegations in Accusation No. …

Igor and the Red Elvises Break Down Walls With Drinking Songs

Igor Yuzov’s background is as varied and eclectic as the music that he plays with his Russian-themed rockabilly-ish band the Red Elvises. The self-effacing, quite hilarious singer and guitarist was born in Germany, and raised in the Ukraine, before eventually studying in Russia. Yuzov grew up in the former Soviet Union, having some interest in …

Couple Blasts Medical Board for Dr. Daniel Headrick’s “Discipline”

UPDATE, JAN. 22, 1:48 P.M.: We now know how the parents of the late Alex Smick feel about the “discipline” the Medical Board of California imposed on Dr. Daniel Joseph Headrick for the 22-year-old’s overdose death while in the physician’s care. The Smicks hate it. They hate that it took four years for the board to …

Hamilton, Hendrix, Elvis, the Khmer Rouge and Other Reasons to Look Forward to Local Theater in 2018

If you add the numbers in the year 2018, you get 11, which means, as all the savvy kids know, that 11 is the magic number of this new year. Bet it all on 11! Buy 11 Hot Pockets for the price of 10! Vote Nov. 6 against your local Republican congressman 11 times! And …

The Year In Hate: Saying Goodbye to 2017

JANUARY On Jan. 5, the first day of the 2017-18 Legislative Session in Sacramento, Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra introduces Assembly Bill 39, which would establish the California Hate Crimes Registry. Listing every hate crime and criminal who perpetrates one for public inspection is necessary, the San Fernando Valley Democrat explains, because “we have witnessed an alarming …